 | History - 1793
...great mafs of the people from any lubftantial influence ia the election of the houfe of comw mons, and which, in its progrefs, threatens to ufurp the...of which your petitioners complain, is of two kinds : 1/iat which arifes from the unequal diftribution of the elective franchife, and the peculiar rights... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1793 - 636 pages
...obvioufly tends to exclude the great mafs of the People from any fubftantial influence in the Eleclion of the Houfe of Commons, and which, in its progrefs,...fovereignty of the country, to the equal danger of thq King, of the Lords, and of the Commons. By thefe two means, a weight of Parliamentary Influence... | |
 | William Belsham - Great Britain - 1801 - 428 pages
...the election of the house of commons, and which, in its progress, threatens to usurp the sovereignty of the country, to the equal danger of the king, of the lords, and of the commons. Your petitioners are confident that, BOOK in what they have stated, they are supported by the evidence... | |
 | William Belsham - Great Britain - 1802 - 592 pages
...leave to call the attention of your -honourable houfe to the greateft evil produced by thefe dejects in the reprefentation of which they complain, namely,...danger "of the king, of the lords, and of the commons. Your petitioners are confident that, in what they have ftated, they are fupported by the evidence of... | |
 | Great Britain - 1812 - 448 pages
...the election of the House of Commons, and which in its progress threatens to usurp the sovereignty of the country, to the equal danger of the king, of...patronage of which your Petitioners complain, is of Iwo kinds : Thai which arises from the unequal distribution of the elective franchise, and tlie peculiar... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1816 - 630 pages
...the election of the House of Commons, and which in its progress, threatens to usurp the sovereignty of the country, to the equal danger of the king, of the lords, aud of the commons. The patronage of which your petitioners complain, is of two kinds : That which... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1821 - 758 pages
...the election of the house of commons, and which, in its progress, threatens to usurp the sovereignty of the country, to the equal danger of the king, of...patronage of which your petitioners complain, is of tu-o kinds : That which arises from the unequal distribution of the elective franchise, and the peculiar... | |
 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1827 - 444 pages
...the election of the house of commons, and which, in its progress, threatens to usurp thei sovereignty of the country, to the equal danger of the '•king,...commons. The p.atronage of which your petitioners cCmPJain> is of two kinds : That which Arises from the unequal distribution of l^e elective franchise,... | |
 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1834 - 380 pages
...whatsoever of the people ; and that this evil threatened, in its progress, to usurp the sovereignty of the country, to the equal danger of the King, of the Lords, and of the Commons." 24. Now, may it please YOUR HOLINESS, this is the great question of the people of England, a very great... | |
 | John Barrell - Art - 2000 - 860 pages
...extension of 'private parliamentary patronage', 'an abuse which . . . threatens to usurp the sovereignty of the country, to the equal danger of the King, of the Lords, and of the Commons'.'8 Now that the plot was fully and finally discovered, argued Thelwall, Pitt and his ministers... | |
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... threatens to usurp the sovereignty of the country, to the equal danger of the king, of the lords, and of the commons. 